jsf databinding does not work

Question

I am trying to create a page using richfaces, I created the following field

<h:inputText value="#{petTest.pet.name}"/>

faces-config:

<managed-bean>
    <managed-bean-name>petTest</managed-bean-name>
    <managed-bean-class>petstore.PetTest</managed-bean-class>
    <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
</managed-bean>

managed bean:

package petstore;

public class PetTest {
    private Pet pet;

    public Pet getPet(){
        return pet;
    }

    public void setPet(Pet pet){
        this.pet = pet;
    }
}

But I get a field and within it the literal value #{petTest.pet.name} instead of the value of the field. What am I doing wrong?