search twitter via maxId

search.java

// we don't want results with an id larger  than maxId
long maxId = lastId;
// we don't want results with an id smaller than sinceId
long sinceId = lastId;

int hitsPerPage = 100;
int maxPages = 1;
boolean breakPaging = false;
for (int page = 0; page < maxPages; page++) {
    Query query = new Query(term);
    // RECENT or POPULAR
    query.setResultType(Query.MIXED);

    // avoid that more recent results disturb our paging!
    if (page > 0)
        query.setMaxId(maxId);

    query.setPage(page + 1);
    query.setRpp(hitsPerPage);
    QueryResult res = twitter.search(query);

    // res.getTweets() is NOT sorted against id or something
    for (Tweet twe : res.getTweets()) {
        // determine maxId in the first page
        if (page == 0 && maxId < twe.getId())
            maxId = twe.getId();

        if (twe.getId() < sinceId)
            breakPaging = true;
        else {
            String userName = twe.getFromUser().toLowerCase();
            SolrUser user = userMap.get(userName);
            if (user == null) {
                user = new SolrUser(userName).init(twe);
                userMap.put(userName, user);
            }

            result.add(new SolrTweet(twe, user));
        }
    }

    // sinceId could force us to leave earlier than defined by maxPages
    if (breakPaging || res.getTweets().size() < hitsPerPage)
        break;
}

return maxId;