/// <summary> Retrieves in this DepartmentCollection object all DepartmentEntity objects which are related via a relation of type 'm:n' with the passed in ShiftEntity.
/// All current elements in the collection are removed from the collection.</summary>
/// <param name="shiftInstance">ShiftEntity object to be used as a filter in the m:n relation</param>
/// <param name="maxNumberOfItemsToReturn"> The maximum number of items to return with this retrieval query.</param>
/// <param name="sortClauses">The order by specifications for the sorting of the resultset. When not specified, no sorting is applied.</param>
/// <param name="prefetchPathToUse">the PrefetchPath which defines the graph of objects to fetch.</param>
/// <returns>true if the retrieval succeeded, false otherwise</returns>
public bool GetMultiManyToManyUsingShiftCollectionViaEmployeeDepartmentHistory(IEntity shiftInstance, long maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, ISortExpression sortClauses, IPrefetchPath prefetchPathToUse)
{
if (!base.SuppressClearInGetMulti)
{
this.Clear();
}
DepartmentDAO dao = DAOFactory.CreateDepartmentDAO();
return(dao.GetMultiUsingShiftCollectionViaEmployeeDepartmentHistory(base.Transaction, this, maxNumberOfItemsToReturn, sortClauses, base.EntityFactoryToUse, shiftInstance, prefetchPathToUse));
}