def METHOD_NAME(request):
    debug_options = set(request("debugOptions", json.array(str)))
    # Handling of properties that can also be specified as legacy "debugOptions" flags.
    # If property is explicitly set to false, but the flag is in "debugOptions", treat
    # it as an error. Returns None if the property wasn't explicitly set either way.
    def property_or_debug_option(prop_name, flag_name):
        assert prop_name[0].islower() and flag_name[0].isupper()
        value = request(prop_name, bool, optional=True)
        if value == ():
            value = None
        if flag_name in debug_options:
            if value is False:
                raise request.isnt_valid(
                    '{0}:false and "debugOptions":[{1}] are mutually exclusive',
                    json.repr(prop_name),
                    json.repr(flag_name),
                )
            value = True
        return value
    python = request("python", json.array(str, size=(1,)))
    cmdline = list(python)
    if not request("noDebug", json.default(False)):
        # see https://github.com/microsoft/debugpy/issues/861
        if sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 11):
            cmdline += ["-X", "frozen_modules=off"]
        port = request("port", int)
        cmdline += [
            os.path.dirname(debugpy.__file__),
            "--connect",
            launcher.adapter_host + ":" + str(port),
        ]
        if not request("subProcess", True):
            cmdline += ["--configure-subProcess", "False"]
        qt_mode = request(
            "qt",
            json.enum(
                "none", "auto", "pyside", "pyside2", "pyqt4", "pyqt5", optional=True
            ),
        )
        cmdline += ["--configure-qt", qt_mode]
        adapter_access_token = request("adapterAccessToken", str, optional=True)
        if adapter_access_token != ():
            cmdline += ["--adapter-access-token", adapter_access_token]
        debugpy_args = request("debugpyArgs", json.array(str))
        cmdline += debugpy_args
    # Use the copy of arguments that was propagated via the command line rather than
    # "args" in the request itself, to allow for shell expansion.
    cmdline += sys.argv[1:]
    process_name = request("processName", sys.executable)
    env = os.environ.copy()
    env_changes = request("env", json.object((str, type(None))))
    if sys.platform == "win32":
        # Environment variables are case-insensitive on Win32, so we need to normalize
        # both dicts to make sure that env vars specified in the debug configuration
        # overwrite the global env vars correctly. If debug config has entries that
        # differ in case only, that's an error.
        env = {k.upper(): v for k, v in os.environ.items()}
        new_env_changes = {}
        for k, v in env_changes.items():
            k_upper = k.upper()
            if k_upper in new_env_changes:
                if new_env_changes[k_upper] == v:
                    continue
                else:
                    raise request.isnt_valid(
                        'Found duplicate in "env": {0}.'.format(k_upper)
                    )
            new_env_changes[k_upper] = v
        env_changes = new_env_changes
    if "DEBUGPY_TEST" in env:
        # If we're running as part of a debugpy test, make sure that codecov is not
        # applied to the debuggee, since it will conflict with pydevd.
        env.pop("COV_CORE_SOURCE", None)
    env.update(env_changes)
    env = {k: v for k, v in env.items() if v is not None}
    if request("gevent", False):
        env["GEVENT_SUPPORT"] = "True"
    console = request(
        "console",
        json.enum(
            "internalConsole", "integratedTerminal", "externalTerminal", optional=True
        ),
    )
    redirect_output = property_or_debug_option("redirectOutput", "RedirectOutput")
    if redirect_output is None:
        # If neither the property nor the option were specified explicitly, choose
        # the default depending on console type - "internalConsole" needs it to
        # provide any output at all, but it's unnecessary for the terminals.
        redirect_output = console == "internalConsole"
    if redirect_output:
        # sys.stdout buffering must be disabled - otherwise we won't see the output
        # at all until the buffer fills up.
        env["PYTHONUNBUFFERED"] = "1"
        # Force UTF-8 output to minimize data loss due to re-encoding.
        env["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
    if property_or_debug_option("waitOnNormalExit", "WaitOnNormalExit"):
        if console == "internalConsole":
            raise request.isnt_valid(
                '"waitOnNormalExit" is not supported for "console":"internalConsole"'
            )
        debuggee.wait_on_exit_predicates.append(lambda code: code == 0)
    if property_or_debug_option("waitOnAbnormalExit", "WaitOnAbnormalExit"):
        if console == "internalConsole":
            raise request.isnt_valid(
                '"waitOnAbnormalExit" is not supported for "console":"internalConsole"'
            )
        debuggee.wait_on_exit_predicates.append(lambda code: code != 0)
    debuggee.spawn(process_name, cmdline, env, redirect_output)
    return {}