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What do the Stream limit() and skip() methods do?

limit(n) truncates the stream to at most the first n elements, useful for pagination or top-N results. skip(n) discards the first n elements and returns the rest — combining skip(offset).limit(pageSize) is a common pattern for implementing simple in-memory pagination over a stream.

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