'The a native Python datatype representation of this value
:return:
An integer or None'

@property
def native(self):

    if (self.contents is None):
        return None
    if (self._native is None):
        self._native = self.__int__()
        if ((self._map is not None) and (self._native in self._map)):
            self._native = self._map[self._native]
    return self._native
