C++ How to define static member, which class has private constructor?

Question

I'm trying to mimic Java enum in C++, so I created code that look like this (of course I removed anything that's not related to my question):

MyEnum.hpp

MyEnum
{
public:
    class Value1;
    class Value2;

    static Value1 VALUE1;
    static Value2 VALUE2;

private:
    MyEnum(std::string name);
};

class MyEnum::Value1 public MyEnum
{
private:
    Value1();
};

class MyEnum::Value2: public MyEnum
{
private:
    Value2();
};

I made the costructors private, so that the only instance of enum values are static members of BaseEnum. How to define them?

MyEnum.cpp

MyEnum::Value1 VALUE1=MyEnum::Value1();

This gives me

error: calling a private constructor of class 'MyEnum::Value1'

EDIT: That was too simple. I've just forgotten to add MyEnym:: to the values. One of many small every day problems I encounter when coming back to C++ from Java. Also, in the code from my question, I forgot to add friend declaration, which was in my original code. Thanks for your answers.

Answer 1

First of all to answer your question: the correct text in

MyEnum.cpp

is:

MyEnum::Value1 MyEnum::VALUE1;

But this still won't work, because you're not automatically a friend of your parent. So also add

friend class MyEnum;

in the declaration of class MyEnum::Value1