Sun Access Manager Event Sequence

I have a third party black box piece of hardware that is redirecting browser requests to my server for authentication. I want to utilize the Sun Access Manager to perform these authentications. Do I need to use the Policy Agent, or should I attempt to communicate directly with the Access Manager? What benefit will I gain from including the Policy Agent into the mix?
If I don't use the policy agent, here is the sequence of events as I understand them:
1) Browser hits Black Box (BB) for protected information.
2) BB redirects the browser to me.
3) Browser sends me a SAML snippet. I decode and inflate the snippet, then send it off to the access manager (AM).
4) The AM throws an invalid id exception because the user has never logged in.
5) I catch the invalid id exception, and redirect the browser to the AM login URL. The user enters a valid id and password and hits submit.
6) ... ?
Is this correct up to step 5, and what happens after step 5? Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, never mind then.

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