aui:input tag fails when handling field not present in portlet-model-hints.xml

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: No Longer Reproducible
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0 M3
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.X EE, Master
• Component/s: Portal Services, Portal Services > Component Management, Portal Services > Component Management > Hot Deployment, Portal Services > Component Management > Module Framework (OSGi), Portal Services > Configuration Management
• Labels:
  • QA-V
• Fix Priority: 2
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/migue/liferay-portal/pull/317

When the aui:input tag is used

• with aui:form and aui:model-context and
• its name does not map to a model field and
• its name is not present in portlet-model-hints.xml or portlet-model-hints-ext.xml

then

• the place where its input would appear stays empty and
• no warning is seen, neither in the page nor in the logs.

Steps to reproduce

1. Deploy the attached portlet.
2. Add it to a page.

Expected results

Either of those results (or both of them) would be helpful:

• The "publication-date" field could be displayed as a default type (let us say, "text").
• If the input is not displayed with a default type, an error message could appear where it is expected.
• A warning message could be displayed in the logs.

Actual results

• The "publication-date" field will not be displayed, neither an error message.
• No warning message will appear in the logs.