ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer Function

    function ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer(mesh_pointer, rc)
!
!
! !RETURN VALUE:
    type(ESMF_Mesh)         :: ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer
! !ARGUMENTS:
    type(ESMF_Pointer),        intent(in)            :: mesh_pointer
    integer, intent(out), optional                   :: rc
!
! !DESCRIPTION:
!   Create an empty mesh.
!
!   \begin{description}
!   \item [parametricDim]
!         Dimension of the topology of the Mesh. (E.g. a mesh constructed of squares would
!         have a parametric dimension of 2, whereas a Mesh constructed of cubes would have one
!         of 3.)
!   \item[spatialDim]
!         The number of coordinate dimensions needed to describe the locations of the nodes
!         making up the Mesh. For a manifold, the spatial dimension can be larger than the
!         parametric dim (e.g. the 2D surface of a sphere in 3D space), but it can't be smaller.
!   \item [{[rc]}]
!         Return code; equals {\tt ESMF\_SUCCESS} if there are no errors.
!   \end{description}
!
!EOPI
!------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    integer :: localrc
    integer :: numNode, numElem

    if(present(rc)) rc = ESMF_RC_NOT_IMPL
    ! initialize return code; assume routine not implemented

    ! Set pointer
    ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer%this = mesh_pointer

    ! Check init status of arguments
    ESMF_INIT_SET_CREATED(ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer)

    ! Create two distgrids, one for nodes and one for elements
    call C_ESMC_MeshCreateNodeDistGrid(ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer, localrc)
    if (ESMF_LogFoundError(localrc, ESMF_ERR_PASSTHRU, &
      ESMF_CONTEXT, rcToReturn=rc)) return

    call C_ESMC_MeshCreateElemDistGrid(ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer, localrc)
    if (ESMF_LogFoundError(localrc, ESMF_ERR_PASSTHRU, &
      ESMF_CONTEXT, rcToReturn=rc)) return

    ! Set as fully created
    call C_ESMC_MeshSetStatus(ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer, ESMF_MESHSTATUS_COMPLETE)

    if(present(rc)) rc = ESMF_SUCCESS

  end function ESMF_MeshCreateFromPointer