code: public void setOnlyFirstAndLastTickLabelVisible(final boolean VISIBLE) {
          if (null == onlyFirstAndLastTickLabelVisible) {
              _onlyFirstAndLastTickLabelVisible = VISIBLE;
              fireUpdateEvent(REDRAW_EVENT);
          } else {
              onlyFirstAndLastTickLabelVisible.set(VISIBLE);
          }
      }
docs: Defines if only the first and the last ticklabel
  will be drawn. Sometimes this could be useful if a gauge
  should for example only should show 0 and 1000.
  
  @param VISIBLE