import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactIs from 'react-is';
export function getChildElement(children) {
    try {
        const child = React.Children.only(children);
        if (typeof child.type === 'string' || ReactIs.isForwardRef(child)) {
            return child;
        }
    // We don't need to do anything here: we catch the exception from React to throw a more meaningful error
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
    } catch  {}
    throw new Error([
        '@fluentui/react-motion: Invalid child element.',
        '\n',
        'Motion factories require a single child element to be passed. ',
        'That element element should support ref forwarding i.e. it should be either an intrinsic element (e.g. div) or a component that uses React.forwardRef().'
    ].join(''));
}