public static boolean isInProgress(int status) 
{
		return status==Status.STATUS_ACTIVE ||
		       status==Status.STATUS_MARKED_ROLLBACK;
}

 public static boolean isMarkedForRollback(int status) 
{
		return status == Status.STATUS_MARKED_ROLLBACK;
}

 public static boolean isMarkedForRollback(Transaction tx) throws SystemException 
{
		return isMarkedForRollback( tx.getStatus() );
}

 public static boolean isRollback(int status) 
{
		return status==Status.STATUS_MARKED_ROLLBACK ||
		       status==Status.STATUS_ROLLING_BACK ||
		       status==Status.STATUS_ROLLEDBACK;
}

 public static boolean isTransactionInProgress(SessionFactoryImplementor factory) 
{
		TransactionManager tm = factory.getTransactionManager();
		try {
			return tm != null && isTransactionInProgress( tm.getTransaction() );
		}
		catch (SystemException se) {
			throw new TransactionException( "could not obtain JTA Transaction", se );
		}
}

Return true if a JTA transaction is in progress and false in *every* other cases (including in a JDBC transaction).

 public static boolean isTransactionInProgress(Transaction tx) throws SystemException 
{
		return tx != null && JTAHelper.isInProgress( tx.getStatus() );
}