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% Earth System Modeling Framework
% Copyright (c) 2002-2025, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
% Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
% Laboratory, University of Michigan, National Centers for Environmental
% Prediction, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory,
% NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
% Licensed under the University of Illinois-NCSA License.

%\subsection{Description}

ESMF provides the concept of an Internal State that is associated with
a Component. Through the InternalState API a user can attach a private
data block to a Component, and later retrieve a pointer to this memory
allocation.
