Bring back getReactNodeRef and deprecate it

packages/mui-utils/src/getReactNodeRef/getReactNodeRef.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import getReactElementRef from '../getReactElementRef';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the ref of a React element handling differences between React 19 and older versions.
+ * It will throw runtime error if the element is not a valid React element.
+ *
+ * @param element React.ReactElement
+ * @returns React.Ref<any> | null
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use getReactElementRef instead
+ */
+
+export default function getReactNodeRef(element: React.ReactElement): React.Ref<any> | null {
+  return getReactElementRef(element);
+}

packages/mui-utils/src/getReactNodeRef/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from './getReactNodeRef';

packages/mui-utils/src/index.ts

@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ export { default as unstable_useSlotProps } from './useSlotProps';
 export type { UseSlotPropsParameters, UseSlotPropsResult } from './useSlotProps';
 export { default as unstable_resolveComponentProps } from './resolveComponentProps';
 export { default as unstable_extractEventHandlers } from './extractEventHandlers';
+export { default as unstable_getReactNodeRef } from './getReactNodeRef';
 export { default as unstable_getReactElementRef } from './getReactElementRef';
 export * from './types';