To prevent log records being forwarded to the logger’s parent handlers we can set false the useParentHandlers field using the Logger.setUserParentHandlers(boolean useParentHandlers) method.

package org.kodejava.util.logging;

import java.util.logging.Logger;
import java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler;

public class NoParentLogger {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(NoParentLogger.class.getName());

        // Do not forward any log messages the logger parent handlers.
        logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);

        // Specify a ConsoleHandler for this logger instance.
        logger.addHandler(new ConsoleHandler());
        logger.info("Logging an information message.");
    }
}