Я нашел подсказку в Toplink
Query query = em.createQuery("SELECT e FROM Employee e ORDER BY e.lastName ASC, e.firstName ASC");
query.setHint("eclipselink.cursor.scrollable", true);
ScrollableCursor scrollableCursor = (ScrollableCursor)query.getSingleResult();
List<Employee> emps = scrollableCursor.next(10);
, есть ли альтернатива jpa / hibernate?