public final int getHitLimit() {
        return hitLimit;
    }
Returns the number of hits this will match, or 0 if all should be matched.
If this number is positive, the hits closest to <code>from</code> are returned, and if
this number is negative the hits closest to <code>to</code> are returned.
container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/IntItem.java