def METHOD_NAME(*args, **kwargs) -> Any:
    """
    :param bool decode_datetime: If `True`, dates in ISO8601 format will be deserialized to :class:`datetime.datetime`
      objects.
    """
    if kwargs.pop('decode_datetime', False):
        kwargs['object_hook'] = _datetime_decoder
        kwargs['cls'] = DTDecoder
    else:
        kwargs['object_hook'] = _empty_unicode_decoder
    return json.METHOD_NAME(*args, **kwargs)