HHH-16211 Remove type inference from like predicate's escape character

Author: mbellade

hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/BaseSqmToSqlAstConverter.java

@@ -6920,9 +6920,9 @@ public LikePredicate visitLikePredicate(SqmLikePredicate predicate) {
 		return new LikePredicate(
 				visitWithInferredType( predicate.getMatchExpression(), predicate.getPattern() ),
 				visitWithInferredType( predicate.getPattern(), predicate.getMatchExpression() ),
-				predicate.getEscapeCharacter() == null
-						? null
-						: visitWithInferredType( predicate.getEscapeCharacter(), predicate.getMatchExpression() ),
+				predicate.getEscapeCharacter() == null ?
+						null :
+						(Expression) visitWithInferredType( predicate.getEscapeCharacter(), () -> basicType( Character.class ) ),
 				predicate.isNegated(),
 				predicate.isCaseSensitive(),
 				getBooleanType()