managed property is not set

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Hello

1)  Do I this correct? 
The problem is the managed property is not set. 
I know the parameter catId is set because getExternalContext().
getRequest() returns the value.

2) I would like to a have property type long, can I simple declare 
it as long?

Thanks
 
faces-config.xml  entry


        <managed-bean>
        <managed-bean-name>category</managed-bean-name>
        <managed-bean-class>org.troedel.bean.CategoryBean</managed-
bean-class>
        <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
                <managed-property>
                        <property-name>catId</property-name>
                        <value>#{param.catId}</value>
                </managed-property>
        </managed-bean>

The property declaration in the bean class

public class org.troedel.bean.CategoryBean {

        private String catId;

        public String getCatId() {
                
                return catId;
        }
        
        public void setCatId(String catId) {
                
                this.catId = catId;
        }

}