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# Python: Token
> CDKTN Core API Reference for Token in Python.
Represents a special or lazily-evaluated value.
Can be used to delay evaluation of a certain value in case, for example,
that it requires some context or late-bound data. Can also be used to
mark values that need special processing at document rendering time.
Tokens can be embedded into strings while retaining their original
semantics.
## Initializers
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token()
```
| **Name** | **Type** | **Description** |
| -------- | -------- | --------------- |
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## Static Functions
| **Name** | **Description** |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| as\_any | Return a resolvable representation of the given value. |
| as\_any\_map | Return a reversible map representation of this token. |
| as\_boolean\_map | Return a reversible map representation of this token. |
| as\_list | Return a reversible list representation of this token. |
| as\_map | Return a reversible map representation of this token. |
| as\_number | Return a reversible number representation of this token. |
| as\_number\_list | Return a reversible list representation of this token. |
| as\_number\_map | Return a reversible map representation of this token. |
| as\_string | Return a reversible string representation of this token. |
| as\_string\_map | Return a reversible map representation of this token. |
| is\_unresolved | Returns true if obj represents an unresolved value. |
| null\_value | Return a Token containing a `null` value. |
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### `as_any`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_any(
value: typing.Any
)
```
Return a resolvable representation of the given value.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
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### `as_any_map`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_any_map(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible map representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
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### `as_boolean_map`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_boolean_map(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible map representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
***
### `as_list`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_list(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible list representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
***
### `as_map`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_map(
value: typing.Any,
map_value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible map representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `map_value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
***
### `as_number`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_number(
value: typing.Any
)
```
Return a reversible number representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
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### `as_number_list`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_number_list(
value: typing.Any
)
```
Return a reversible list representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
### `as_number_map`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_number_map(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible map representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
***
### `as_string`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_string(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible string representation of this token.
If the Token is initialized with a literal, the stringified value of the
literal is returned. Otherwise, a special quoted string representation
of the Token is returned that can be embedded into other strings.
Strings with quoted Tokens in them can be restored back into
complex values with the Tokens restored by calling `resolve()`
on the string.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
***
### `as_string_map`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.as_string_map(
value: typing.Any,
display_hint: str = None
)
```
Return a reversible map representation of this token.
#### `value`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
***
#### `display_hint`Optional
* *Type:* str
* *Default:* no display hint
A hint for the Token's purpose when stringifying it.
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### `is_unresolved`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.is_unresolved(
obj: typing.Any
)
```
Returns true if obj represents an unresolved value.
One of these must be true:
* `obj` is an IResolvable
* `obj` is a string containing at least one encoded `IResolvable`
* `obj` is either an encoded number or list
This does NOT recurse into lists or objects to see if they
containing resolvables.
#### `obj`Required
* *Type:* typing.Any
The object to test.
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### `null_value`
```python theme={null}
import cdktn
cdktn.Token.null_value()
```
Return a Token containing a `null` value.
Note: This is different than `undefined`, `nil`, `None` or similar
as it will end up in the Terraform config and can be used to explicitly
not set an attribute (which is sometimes required by Terraform providers)
## Constants
| **Name** | **Type** | **Description** |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| ANY\_MAP\_TOKEN\_VALUE | str | Any map token representation. |
| NUMBER\_MAP\_TOKEN\_VALUE | typing.Union\[int, float] | Number Map token value representation. |
| STRING\_MAP\_TOKEN\_VALUE | str | String Map token value representation. |
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### `ANY_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE`Required
```python theme={null}
ANY_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE: str
```
* *Type:* str
Any map token representation.
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### `NUMBER_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE`Required
```python theme={null}
NUMBER_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE: typing.Union[int, float]
```
* *Type:* typing.Union\[int, float]
Number Map token value representation.
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### `STRING_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE`Required
```python theme={null}
STRING_MAP_TOKEN_VALUE: str
```
* *Type:* str
String Map token value representation.
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