```ruby
module Spectacles
  class View < ActiveRecord::Base
    self.abstract_class = true

    def self.new(*)
      warn "DEPRECATION WARNING: #{self} is an abstract class and should not be instantiated. In v1.0, calling `#{self}.new` will raise a NotImplementedError."
      super # raise NotImplementedError, "#{self} is an abstract class and can not be instantiated."
    end

    def self.view_exists?
      self.connection.view_exists?(self.view_name)
    end

    class << self
      alias_method :table_exists?, :view_exists?
      alias_method :view_name, :table_name
    end

    def ==(comparison_object)
      super ||
        comparison_object.instance_of?(self.class) &&
        attributes.present? &&
        comparison_object.attributes == attributes
    end

    def persisted?
      false
    end

    def readonly?
      true
    end
  end

  ::ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:spectacles, View)
end
```

Raise NotImplementedError when calling .new on a class that inherits from ::Spectacles::View.
user
```ruby
module Spectacles
  class View < ActiveRecord::Base
    self.abstract_class = true

    def self.new(*)
      raise NotImplementedError, "#{self} is an abstract class and cannot be instantiated."
    end

    def self.view_exists?
      self.connection.view_exists?(self.view_name)
    end

    class << self
      alias_method :table_exists?, :view_exists?
      alias_method :view_name, :table_name
    end

    def ==(comparison_object)
      super ||
        comparison_object.instance_of?(self.class) &&
        attributes.present? &&
        comparison_object.attributes == attributes
    end

    def persisted?
      false
    end

    def readonly?
      true
    end
  end

  ::ActiveSupport.run_load_hooks(:spectacles, View)
end
```
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