Added hook point in new base #send_action which does the actual action method dispatching

actionpack/lib/action_controller/abstract/base.rb

@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ module AbstractController
     # overrides it to include the case where a template matching the
     # action_name is found.
     def process_action(method_name)
-      send(method_name)
+      send_action(method_name)
     end
 
+    alias send_action send
+
     def _handle_action_missing
       action_missing(@_action_name)
     end

actionpack/lib/action_controller/new_base/base.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module ActionController
     # TODO: Extract into its own module
     # This should be moved together with other normalizing behavior
     module ImplicitRender
-      def process_action(method_name)
+      def send_action(method_name)
         ret = super
         default_render unless performed?
         ret