Any way to create a span object?

Hi, I understand that there is no htmlB tag but I was wondering if there is a way I can create a <span> object or somthing similar using an SAP api call?

Something like:

<b>Span s1 = new Span("some_css_class");

Image img1 = new Image("c:", "testAlt");

s1.add(img1);</b>

In html this would translate something like

<b><span ...>

<img...>

</span></b>

If possible, can you provide any short code samples for reference. Thank you so much for your help, any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated!!

Thanks so much,

Baggett