TheClass contains a std::mutex (and many other members).

I want to write a function which creates this class so I only have to set the constructor arguments in one place:

TheClass CreateTheClassInstance()
{
    TheClass tc("specific args", specific_int);
    return tc;
}

then other classes requiring an instance of TheClass can call CreateTheClassInstance() to obtain one:

SomethingElse() : _the_class(CreateTheClassInstance())
{
}

TheClass _the_class;

Unfortunately because TheClass has a std::mutex, member CreateTheClassInstance() won’t compile because the copy constructor is implicitly deleted.

I tried using std::move() but that too doesn’t work.

Is there any other way I can achieve a factory method?