AEM 6.3 - Sling Model not working - aem

Question

I am using a very basic Sling Model class which is not working at all. This is the class:
package com.aem.sites.models.test;
import org.apache.sling.models.annotations.Model;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;
#Model(adaptables=Resource.class)
public class TestModel {
final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestModel.class);
private String email;
#PostConstruct
public void init() {
logger.info("=====================================================================inside init method");
email = "something#something.com";
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
}
I have also included the package in the section like this:
I also looked for the Sling Model class here http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-adapters
and found it's entry like this:
Adaptable: org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource
Providing Bundle: org.apache.sling.models.impl
Available Adapters:
* com.aem.sites.models.test.TestModel
What's more surprising to me is the Sling Model class in the package com.aem.sites.models.header is being called properly.
I don't know what's wrong.
Thanks in advance
Sharing the HTL class:
<sly data-sly-use.bannerObj=com.aem.sites.models.test.TestModel">
<section id="banner"
style="background-image: url('/content/dam/aem-site/banner.jpg')">
<div class="inner">
<h2>Today's temperature is</h2>
<p>
${bannerObj.email}
</p>
<ul class="actions">
<li>Sign Up</li>
<li>Learn More</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
</sly>
By not working I mean nothing is happening. No errors or any logs are appearing in the error.log file.

Answer 1

The only issue I see is a syntax error, the data-sly-use attribute's value is not enclosed in quotes properly.
<sly data-sly-use.bannerObj="com.aem.sites.models.test.TestModel">
<section id="banner"
style="background-image: url('/content/dam/aem-site/banner.jpg')">
<div class="inner">
<h2>Today's temperature is</h2>
<p>
${bannerObj.email}
</p>
<ul class="actions">
<li>Sign Up</li>
<li>Learn More</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
</sly>
Due to which the HTL file might not have compiled and would have output the entire HTL as is without compiling.

Answer 2

You can check from http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-slingmodels which Sling models are available in your instance and to what resources they are bound.
I would make sure my models are listed and then check for other kind of errors, like typos as mentioned in the comment above.