Drozdek provides a broad-based and case-driven study of data structures and their associated algorithms using C++ as the implementation language. The book places special emphasis on the connection between data structures and algorithms, including analysis of algorithm complexity. Drozdek presents data structures in the context of object-oriented program design, stressing the principle of information hiding in his treatment of encapsulation and decomposition. Drozdek also provides a close examination of data structure implementation, and its impact on the selection of programming languages..