diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDBSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDBSqlAstTranslator.java
index f06bf0b489..ea540352d8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDBSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MariaDBSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -401,5 +401,4 @@ public class MariaDBSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSq
 		needle.accept( this );
 		appendSql( ",'~','~~'),'?','~?'),'%','~%'),'%') escape '~'" );
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
index b7e1820c83..93ad2d709f 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public class MySQLDialect extends Dialect {
 	private static final DatabaseVersion MINIMUM_VERSION = DatabaseVersion.make( 8 );
 
 	private final MySQLStorageEngine storageEngine = createStorageEngine();
+
 	private final SizeStrategy sizeStrategy = new SizeStrategyImpl() {
 		@Override
 		public Size resolveSize(
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLSqlAstTranslator.java
index cd34a9ca33..b672914dfa 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public class MySQLSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlA
 		return getSqlType( castTarget, sqlType, factory.getJdbcServices().getDialect() );
 	}
 
+	//TODO: this is really, really bad since it circumvents the whole machinery we have in DdlType
+	//      and in the Dialect for doing this in a unified way! These mappings should be held in
+	//      the DdlTypes themselves and should be set up in registerColumnTypes(). Doing it here
+	//      means we have problems distinguishing, say, the 'as Character' special case
 	private static String getSqlType(CastTarget castTarget, String sqlType, Dialect dialect) {
 		if ( sqlType != null ) {
 			int parenthesesIndex = sqlType.indexOf( '(' );
@@ -72,9 +76,9 @@ public class MySQLSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlA
 				case "float":
 				case "real":
 				case "double precision":
-					final int precision = castTarget.getPrecision() == null ?
-							dialect.getDefaultDecimalPrecision() :
-							castTarget.getPrecision();
+					final int precision = castTarget.getPrecision() == null
+							? dialect.getDefaultDecimalPrecision()
+							: castTarget.getPrecision();
 					final int scale = castTarget.getScale() == null ? Size.DEFAULT_SCALE : castTarget.getScale();
 					return "decimal(" + precision + "," + scale + ")";
 				case "char":
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ public class MySQLSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlA
 				case "nchar":
 				case "nvarchar":
 					if ( castTarget.getLength() == null ) {
+						// TODO: this is ugly and fragile, but could easily be handled in a DdlType
 						if ( castTarget.getJdbcMapping().getJdbcJavaType().getJavaType() == Character.class ) {
 							return "char(1)";
 						}
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ public class MySQLSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> extends AbstractSqlA
 				case "varbinary":
 					return castTarget.getLength() == null
 						? "binary"
-						: ( "binary(" + castTarget.getLength() + ")" );
+						: "binary(" + castTarget.getLength() + ")";
 			}
 		}
 		return sqlType;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
index b81cb0e3af..85d5710bae 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/ast/spi/AbstractSqlAstTranslator.java
@@ -5746,11 +5746,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 				renderCasted( expression );
 			}
 		}
-		else if ( expression instanceof CaseSimpleExpression ) {
-			visitCaseSimpleExpression( (CaseSimpleExpression) expression, true );
+		else if ( expression instanceof CaseSimpleExpression caseSimpleExpression ) {
+			visitCaseSimpleExpression( caseSimpleExpression, true );
 		}
-		else if ( expression instanceof CaseSearchedExpression ) {
-			visitCaseSearchedExpression( (CaseSearchedExpression) expression, true );
+		else if ( expression instanceof CaseSearchedExpression caseSearchedExpression ) {
+			visitCaseSearchedExpression( caseSearchedExpression, true );
 		}
 		else {
 			renderExpressionAsClauseItem( expression );
@@ -5758,8 +5758,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 	}
 
 	protected void renderCasted(Expression expression) {
-		if ( expression instanceof SqmParameterInterpretation ) {
-			expression = ( (SqmParameterInterpretation) expression ).getResolvedExpression();
+		if ( expression instanceof SqmParameterInterpretation parameterInterpretation ) {
+			expression = parameterInterpretation.getResolvedExpression();
 		}
 		final List<SqlAstNode> arguments = new ArrayList<>( 2 );
 		arguments.add( expression );
@@ -5935,8 +5935,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 		processNestedTableGroupJoins( tableGroup, null );
 		processTableGroupJoins( tableGroup );
 		ModelPartContainer modelPart = tableGroup.getModelPart();
-		if ( modelPart instanceof EntityPersister ) {
-			String[] querySpaces = (String[]) ( (EntityPersister) modelPart ).getQuerySpaces();
+		if ( modelPart instanceof EntityPersister persister ) {
+			final String[] querySpaces = (String[]) persister.getQuerySpaces();
 			for ( int i = 0; i < querySpaces.length; i++ ) {
 				registerAffectedTable( querySpaces[i] );
 			}
@@ -6113,7 +6113,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSqlAstTranslator<T extends JdbcOperation> implemen
 
 		ModelPartContainer modelPart = tableGroup.getModelPart();
 		if ( modelPart instanceof EntityPersister persister ) {
-			String[] querySpaces = (String[]) persister.getQuerySpaces();
+			final String[] querySpaces = (String[]) persister.getQuerySpaces();
 			for ( int i = 0; i < querySpaces.length; i++ ) {
 				registerAffectedTable( querySpaces[i] );
 			}