if (configuratorId == null || configuratorId.isEmpty()) {
            configuratorId = mojoDescriptor.isV4Api() ? "enhanced" : "basic";
        }

        try {
            // TODO could the configuration be passed to lookup and the configurator known to plexus via the descriptor
            // so that this method could entirely be handled by a plexus lookup?

 * when {@code compare} is called on the above ordering:
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>First, if only one {@code Foo} is null, that null value is treated as <i>greater</i>
 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>