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View.GetLinkOverrides

Description:
Gets the graphic overrides of a or in view. 
public RevitLinkGraphicsSettings GetLinkOverrides(
	ElementId linkId
)
Return Value RevitLinkGraphicsSettings Settings representing graphic overrides for the input element id in the view, or if the input id references RevitLinkInstance and it doesn't have overrides in the view. 
public static void PrintLinkOverridesInView(View view)
{
    var ids = new FilteredElementCollector(view.Document)
                  .WhereElementIsElementType()
                  .OfType<RevitLinkType>()
                  .Select(link => link.Id)
                  .ToList();

    ids.AddRange(new FilteredElementCollector(view.Document)
                     .WhereElementIsNotElementType()
                     .OfType<RevitLinkInstance>()
                     .Select(link => link.Id)
                     .ToList());

    StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder();
    message.AppendLine("View: " + view.Id.ToString());
    foreach(ElementId id in ids)
    {
        message.AppendLine("Element Id in the view: " + id.ToString());

        RevitLinkGraphicsSettings settings = view.GetLinkOverrides(id);
        if (settings == null)
        {
            message.AppendLine("It doesn't have graphical overrides in the view.");
            continue;
        }

        message.AppendLine("    LinkVisibilityType " + settings.LinkVisibilityType);
        message.AppendLine("    LinkedView: " + settings.LinkedViewId.Value.ToString());
        message.AppendLine("    ViewFilterType: " + settings.ViewFilterType);
        message.AppendLine("    ViewRange: " + settings.ViewRange);
        message.AppendLine("    ColorFill: " + settings.ColorFill);
        message.AppendLine("    ObjectStyles: " + settings.ObjectStyles);
        message.AppendLine("    NestedLinks: " + settings.NestedLinks);

        message.AppendLine(string.Format("    Discipline has type {0} and value: {1}",
                                         settings.GetDisciplineType(), settings.GetDiscipline()));
        message.AppendLine(string.Format("    Phase has type {0} and value: {1}",
                                         settings.GetPhaseType(), settings.GetPhaseId().ToString()));
        message.AppendLine(string.Format("    PhaseFilter has type {0} and value: {1}",
                                         settings.GetPhaseFilterType(), settings.GetPhaseFilterId().ToString()));
        message.AppendLine(string.Format("    ViewDetailLevel has type {0} and value: {1}",
                                         settings.GetViewDetailLevelType(), settings.GetViewDetailLevel()));
    }

    TaskDialog.Show("Link Overrides report", message.ToString());
}