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What set of methods does the Single class in the RxJava library provide?

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The Single class in RxJava represents a stream that emits exactly one item or an error. The main methods provided by Single:

  • subscribe() — subscribing to receive the result or error.
  • map() — transforming the emitted value.
  • flatMap() — transforming with returning another Single.
  • doOnSuccess(), doOnError() — side effects on success or error.
  • onErrorReturn(), onErrorResumeNext() — error handling and result replacement.
  • zipWith() — combining with another Single.

Example usage:

Single.just("Hello")
    .map { it.length }
    .subscribe({ length -> println("Length: $length") }, { error -> println("Error: $error") })

Single is convenient for operations that return a single result, such as network requests or database reads.