Deprecated Request parameter to invokeAction(). It is not needed and provides a indirect way to set teh request which should have already been set.

src/Controller/Controller.php

@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@ class Controller extends Object implements EventListener {
  * Dispatches the controller action. Checks that the action
  * exists and isn't private.
  *
- * @param \Cake\Network\Request $request
  * @return mixed The resulting response.
  * @throws \Cake\Error\PrivateActionException When actions are not public or prefixed by _
  * @throws \Cake\Error\MissingActionException When actions are not defined.
  */
-	public function invokeAction(Request $request) {
+	public function invokeAction() {
 		try {
+			$request = $this->request;
 			$method = new \ReflectionMethod($this, $request->params['action']);
 
 			if ($this->_isPrivateAction($method, $request)) {

src/Routing/Dispatcher.php

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Dispatcher implements EventListener {
 			));
 		}
 
-		$response = $this->_invoke($controller, $request, $response);
+		$response = $this->_invoke($controller, $response);
 		if (isset($request->params['return'])) {
 			return $response->body();
 		}
@@ -179,16 +179,15 @@ class Dispatcher implements EventListener {
  * Otherwise the return value of the controller action are returned.
  *
  * @param Controller $controller Controller to invoke
- * @param \Cake\Network\Request $request The request object to invoke the controller for.
  * @param \Cake\Network\Response $response The response object to receive the output
  * @return \Cake\Network\Response the resulting response object
  */
-	protected function _invoke(Controller $controller, Request $request, Response $response) {
+	protected function _invoke(Controller $controller, Response $response) {
 		$controller->constructClasses();
 		$controller->startupProcess();
 
 		$render = true;
-		$result = $controller->invokeAction($request);
+		$result = $controller->invokeAction();
 		if ($result instanceof Response) {
 			$render = false;
 			$response = $result;

tests/TestCase/Controller/ControllerTest.php

@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$Controller->invokeAction();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ class ControllerTest extends TestCase {
 		$response = $this->getMock('Cake\Network\Response');
 
 		$Controller = new TestController($url, $response);
-		$result = $Controller->invokeAction($url);
+		$result = $Controller->invokeAction();
 		$this->assertEquals('I am from the controller.', $result);
 	}
 

tests/TestCase/Routing/DispatcherTest.php

@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ class TestDispatcher extends Dispatcher {
  * invoke method
  *
  * @param \Cake\Controller\Controller $controller
- * @param \Cake\Network\Request $request
  * @param \Cake\Network\Response $response
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _invoke(Controller $controller, Request $request, Response $response) {
+	protected function _invoke(Controller $controller, Response $response) {
 		$this->controller = $controller;
-		return parent::_invoke($controller, $request, $response);
+		return parent::_invoke($controller, $response);
 	}
 
 /**