GUI + encapsulation

Yo.
Suppose i have a View class in an MVC application and i have the private JTextField. Now i also have the Controller class that is responsible for user inputs. Relationship between classes is Controller depends on View ---> Controller has a View.



Now, the question is: should the View class expose the TextField or just provide methods to manipulate it.

Approach 1 :

class View{

private TextField field;
public TextField getField(){return field;}

Approach 2 :

class View{
private TextField field;
public String geText(){return field.getText();}
public void clearText(){...}
etc..

Is it a question of preferance of is one more encouraged than the other one.
THanks.