Simple EE Class interacting with Channel Data

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<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Email_Template {
	
	public 	$to, 
			$from, 
			$cc, 
			$bcc,
			$channel_id,
			$categories,
			$status,
			$member_group,
			$subject,
			$message,
			$settings;
	
	public function __construct($data = FALSE)
	{
		$this->EE =& get_instance();
		
		if(!$data)
		{
			$channel = $this->EE->channel_data->get_channels(array(
				'order_by' 	=> 'channel_name',
				'sort'		=> 'ASC',
				'limit' 	=> 1
			));
			
			if($channel->num_rows() > 0)
			{
				$channel_id = $channel->row('id');
			}
		}
	}
	
	public function channels()
	{
		$channels = $this->EE->channel_data->get_channels(array(
			'order_by' 	=> 'channel_name',
			'sort'		=> 'ASC'
		));
		
		return $channels->result();
	}
	
	public function statuses()
	{
		$statuses = $this->EE->channel_data->get_channel_statuses($this->channel_id, array(
			'sort' => 'ASC'
		));
		
		return $statuses->result();
	}
	
	public function member_groups()
	{
		$member_groups = $this->EE->channel_data->get_member_groups(array(
			'order_by' 	=> 'group_id',
			'sort'		=> 'ASC'
		));
		
		return $member_groups->result();
	}
	
}