refactor: avoid creating intermediate collections when unneeded #6061

Job	Run time
check_format_and_unit_tests	1m 23s
build / Special integration tests (17)	1m 49s
build / Special integration tests (21)	1m 42s
build / Special integration tests (25)	1m 38s
build / httpclient-tests (jetty) / Integration tests (25, 1.32.0, jetty)	25m 1s
build / httpclient-tests (vertx) / Integration tests (25, 1.32.0, vertx)	25m 0s
build / integration_tests (17, 1.30.12) / Integration tests (17, 1.30.12, vertx)	24m 58s
build / integration_tests (21, 1.30.12) / Integration tests (21, 1.30.12, vertx)	25m 10s
build / integration_tests (25, 1.33.1) / Integration tests (25, 1.33.1, vertx)	27m 15s
build / integration_tests (17, 1.32.4) / Integration tests (17, 1.32.4, vertx)	25m 32s
build / integration_tests (17, 1.31.8) / Integration tests (17, 1.31.8, vertx)	27m 42s
build / integration_tests (17, 1.33.1) / Integration tests (17, 1.33.1, vertx)	26m 46s
build / httpclient-tests (jdk) / Integration tests (25, 1.32.0, jdk)	26m 6s
build / integration_tests (21, 1.31.8) / Integration tests (21, 1.31.8, vertx)	27m 32s
build / integration_tests (25, 1.30.12) / Integration tests (25, 1.30.12, vertx)	25m 16s
build / integration_tests (25, 1.31.8) / Integration tests (25, 1.31.8, vertx)	27m 20s
build / integration_tests (21, 1.33.1) / Integration tests (21, 1.33.1, vertx)	27m 37s
build / integration_tests (21, 1.32.4) / Integration tests (21, 1.32.4, vertx)	26m 57s
build / integration_tests (25, 1.32.4) / Integration tests (25, 1.32.4, vertx)	26m 19s
	6h 41m 3s

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