public static void setValues(PreparedStatement statement, Object... values) throws SQLException
	{
		for(int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
		{
			if(values[i] instanceof Integer)
			{
				int value = (Integer) values[i];
				statement.setInt(i, value);
			}
			else if(values[i] instanceof String)
			{
				String value = (String) values[i];
				statement.setString(i, value);
			}
		}
	}
	
	public static ResultSet query(String query, Object... values) throws Exception
	{
		statement = connect.prepareStatement(query);
		setValues(statement, values);	
		return statement.executeQuery();
	}

...
String query = "SELECT * FROM words WHERE word LIKE ?";
resultSet = query(query, name); // <-- this line gives following error and name is String with content I have checked that
...

java.sql.SQLException: Parameter index out of range (0 < 1 ).
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1055)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:956)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:926)
at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.checkBounds(PreparedStatement.java:3321)
at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.setInternal(PreparedStatement.java:3310)
at com.mysql.jdbc.PreparedStatement.setString(PreparedStatement.java:4146)
at org.Program.main.Program.setValues(Program.java:43)
at org.Program.main.Program.query(Program.java:51)
at org.Program.main.Program.updateCounter(Program.java:66)
at org.Program.main.Program.getAll(Program.java:156)
at org.Program.main.Program.main(Program.java:234)

Ok, solved problem myself. Reason is that
statement.setInt(i, value); should be statement.setInt(i+1, value);

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