A couple of remarks.
1. The getTotalCount() has been removed, because the value was unreliable.
2. Your complain is ok and you are not the only one to mention it.
3. We are thinking about a new solution, which then might be available with the next Tamino XML Server version. Not finally decided yet!
4. If we do a new solution, it will be based on the new cursoring, which is not supported in the HTTP Client API for Java (TaminoClient). It will be available in the Tamino API for Java (TaminoAPI4J).
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