Load routes as late as possible.

As a concequence - routes will also work by default in the cli

lib/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php

@@ -209,12 +209,6 @@ protected function _invoke(Controller $controller, CakeRequest $request, CakeRes
 	public function parseParams($event) {
 		$request = $event->data['request'];
 		Router::setRequestInfo($request);
-		if (count(Router::$routes) == 0) {
-			$namedExpressions = Router::getNamedExpressions();
-			extract($namedExpressions);
-			$this->_loadRoutes();
-		}
-
 		$params = Router::parse($request->url);
 		$request->addParams($params);
 
@@ -269,13 +263,4 @@ protected function _loadController($request) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-/**
- * Loads route configuration
- *
- * @return void
- */
-	protected function _loadRoutes() {
-		include APP . 'Config' . DS . 'routes.php';
-	}
-
 }

lib/Cake/Routing/Router.php

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ class Router {
  */
 	public static $routes = array();
 
+/**
+ * Have routes been loaded
+ *
+ * @var boolean
+ */
+	public static $initialized = false;
+
 /**
  * List of action prefixes used in connected routes.
  * Includes admin prefix
@@ -284,6 +291,8 @@ public static function resourceMap($resourceMap = null) {
  * @throws RouterException
  */
 	public static function connect($route, $defaults = array(), $options = array()) {
+		self::$initialized = true;
+
 		foreach (self::$_prefixes as $prefix) {
 			if (isset($defaults[$prefix])) {
 				if ($defaults[$prefix]) {
@@ -520,6 +529,10 @@ public static function prefixes() {
  * @return array Parsed elements from URL
  */
 	public static function parse($url) {
+		if (!self::$initialized) {
+			self::_loadRoutes();
+		}
+
 		$ext = null;
 		$out = array();
 
@@ -748,6 +761,10 @@ public static function promote($which = null) {
  * @return string Full translated URL with base path.
  */
 	public static function url($url = null, $full = false) {
+		if (!self::$initialized) {
+			self::_loadRoutes();
+		}
+
 		$params = array('plugin' => null, 'controller' => null, 'action' => 'index');
 
 		if (is_bool($full)) {
@@ -1117,6 +1134,10 @@ public static function parseExtensions() {
  * @return array Array of extensions Router is configured to parse.
  */
 	public static function extensions() {
+		if (!self::$initialized) {
+			self::_loadRoutes();
+		}
+
 		return self::$_validExtensions;
 	}
 
@@ -1138,6 +1159,16 @@ public static function setExtensions($extensions, $merge = true) {
 		return self::$_validExtensions = array_merge(self::$_validExtensions, $extensions);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Loads route configuration
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	protected static function _loadRoutes() {
+		self::$initialized = true;
+		include APP . 'Config' . DS . 'routes.php';
+	}
+
 }
 
 //Save the initial state

lib/Cake/Test/Case/Routing/RouterTest.php

@@ -2339,9 +2339,13 @@ public function testCustomRouteException() {
 /**
  * test reversing parameter arrays back into strings.
  *
+ * Mark the router as initialized so it doesn't auto-load routes
+ *
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testRouterReverse() {
+		Router::$initialized = true;
+
 		$params = array(
 			'controller' => 'posts',
 			'action' => 'view',