--- a/pvl/syslog/rule.pp	Thu Jan 10 17:51:53 2013 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-class SyslogRule (SyslogFilter) :
-    """
-        A rule matches syslog lines, and formats them.
-            
-            tag         - apply given tag to matches
-    """
-        
-    def __init__ (self, tag, program=None, pattern=None, format=None, flags=None, **opts) :
-        if pattern and not isinstance(pattern, re.RegexObject) :
-            pattern = re.compile(pattern, flags)
-
-        super(SyslogRule, self).__init__(prog=program)
-
-        self.tag = tag
-        self.format = format
-        self.pattern = pattern
-
-    def apply (self, item) :
-        """
-            Apply rule against given item.
-        """
-        
-        # filter
-        match = self.filter(item)
-
-        if not match :
-            # ignore
-            return None
-        
-        match = self.pattern.match(item['msg'])
-
-        if not match :
-            # ignore
-            return None
-        
-        # apply
-        item.update(match.groupdict())
-
-        if self.tag is False :
-            # drop
-            return False
-            
-        if self.format :
-            # return
-            return self.tag, self.format.format(**item)
-