# File lib/aws/core/collection/with_limit_and_next_token.rb, line 35
        def _each_batch options = {}, &block

          limit = _extract_limit(options)
          batch_size = _extract_batch_size(options)
          next_token = _extract_next_token(options)

          total = 0  # count of items yeilded across all batches

          begin

            max = nil
            if limit or batch_size
              max = []
              max << (limit - total) if limit
              max << batch_size if batch_size
              max = max.min
            end

            batch = []
            next_token = _each_item(next_token, max, options.dup) do |item|

              total += 1
              batch << item

            end

            yield(batch)

          end until next_token.nil? or (limit and limit == total)

          next_token

        end