3 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 2b98bd5..bd2b6e2 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version:      0.13
 version_from: lib/Nagios/Plugin/Base.pm
 installdirs:  site
 requires:
+    Params::Validate:              0.24
 
 distribution_type: module
 generated_by: ExtUtils::MakeMaker version 6.17
diff --git a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
index 88c15c5..41bff91 100644
--- a/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
+++ b/lib/Nagios/Plugin.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use 5.008004;
 use Class::Struct;
 struct "Nagios::__::Plugin" => {
         perfdata => '@',
+        shortname => '$',
         };
 
 package Nagios::Plugin;
@@ -38,9 +39,6 @@ sub all_perfoutput {
 
 sub set_thresholds { shift; Nagios::Plugin::Threshold->set_thresholds(@_); }
 
-my $shortname;
-sub shortname { shift; @_ ? $shortname = shift : $shortname }
-
 sub die {
         my $self = shift;
         Nagios::Plugin::Base::die(@_, { plugin => $self });
diff --git a/t/Nagios-Plugin.t b/t/Nagios-Plugin.t
index 8921dc5..213e514 100644
--- a/t/Nagios-Plugin.t
+++ b/t/Nagios-Plugin.t
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 use strict;
-use Test::More tests => 9;
+use Test::More tests => 12;
 
 BEGIN { use_ok('Nagios::Plugin') };
 
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ my $p = Nagios::Plugin->new;
 isa_ok( $p, "Nagios::Plugin");
 
 $p->shortname("PAGESIZE");
+is($p->shortname, "PAGESIZE", "shortname set correctly");
+
+$p = Nagios::Plugin->new;
+ok(! defined $p->shortname, "shortname should be unset on new");
+
+$p = Nagios::Plugin->new( shortname => "SIZE" );
+is($p->shortname, "SIZE", "shortname set correctly on new");
 
 diag "warn if < 10, critical if > 25 " if $ENV{TEST_VERBOSE};
 my $t = $p->set_thresholds( warning => "10:25", critical => "~:25" );