def load_state_dict(self, state_dict: dict) -> dict:
        def _inner_load_state_dict(state, new_state):
            if new_state is not None and isinstance(state, dict):
                for key in new_state:
                    state[key] = _inner_load_state_dict(state[key], new_state[key])
                return state
            elif new_state is not None and isinstance(state, list):
                for i in range(len(state)):
                    state[i] = _inner_load_state_dict(state[i], new_state[i])
                return state
            return new_state

        return _inner_load_state_dict(self._state_dict, state_dict)

    def state_dict(self) -> dict:
        if self._state_dict:
            return copy.deepcopy(self._state_dict)
        raise RuntimeError("State dict is not initialized, please call ex_iterable._init_state_dict() first.")