def cognate_options(self, arg_parser):
        """This method will be called to get the *ComponentCore* configuration
        options.

        :param arg_parser: An *ArgumentParser* instance to add configuration
            options.
        :type arg_parser: argparse.ArgumentParser
        :return: None
        """
        arg_parser.add_argument('--service_name',
                                default=self.service_name,
                                help='This will set the name for the current '
                                     'instance. This will be reflected in the '
                                     'log output.')
        arg_parser.add_argument('--log_level',
                                default=self.log_level,
                                choices=['debug', 'info', 'warn', 'error'],
                                help='Set the log level for the log output.')
        arg_parser.add_argument('--log_path',
                                default=self.log_path,
                                help='Set the path for log output. The default '
                                     'file created is '
                                     '"<log_path>/<service_name>.log". If the '
                                     'path ends with a ".log" extension, then '
                                     'the path be a target file.')
        arg_parser.add_argument('--verbose',
                                action='store_true',
                                default=self.verbose,
                                help='Enable verbose log output to console. '
                                     'Useful for debugging.')