// sets the pagination
QueryOptionPage pagOpt = (QueryOptionPage)(options.get(QueryOptionPage.ID));
//QueryOptionOffset offOpt = (QueryOptionOffset)options.get(QueryOptionOffset.ID);
//QueryOptionState stateOpt = (QueryOptionState)(options.get(QueryOptionState.ID));
pagOpt.activate();
pagOpt.pageSize = limit;
pagOpt.pageType = QueryOptionPage.PageType.MANUAL;
// in stateless mode, we must reset the offset as we don't want it to be stateful
//if(stateOpt.isStateless() && !offOpt.isManual()){