Enable saving of Layer Files inside Models

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LindsayRaabe_FPCWA
Occasional Contributor III

When using Model Builder and generating data that is then output to a map using the Collect Values tool with the output set as a parameter, we can currently use the Import Symbology tool to import layer styling from a Layer File saved in an accessible location (i.e. on your machine or network). Whilst this is useful, most of the time I wish I could hard code the layer file into the model so that it's not reliant on a file sitting in a folder somewhere to style the outputs. 

If I could style a layer in a map with symbology, labels, etc then save a Layer File, instead of referencing that layer file in the model as an input, I would like to be able to Drag and Drop it as a standalone item with all it's information saved directly in the model. This would reduce the chance of the layer file being moved, deleted or modified unintentionally and thereforce impacting the output of the model.